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MemberCompsognathusFeb-18-2014 6:28 PM

Beforer i start, note that "largest" pertains to weight. The length will be posted alongside, though, as well as the era and place they lived. Also note, these are Averages, not maxes. That's an entirely different list ;)

10. Torvosaurus Tanneri

Length: 11 meters

Weight: 5 tons

Era: mid-late Jurassic North America and Portugal

9. Acrocanthosaurus Atokensis

Length: 40 feet

Weight: 5.5 tons

Era: Early cretacious North America

8. Mapusaurus Rosae

Length: 12.6 meters

Weight: 6 tons

Era: Early cretaceous Sourth America

7. Bahariasaurus Ingens

Length: 40 feet

Weight: 6.25 tons

Era: Mid Cretaceous Africa

6. Tarbosaurus Bataar

Length: 12.25 meters

Weight: 6.5 tons

Era: Mid- Late cretacious Mongolia

5. Oxalaia Quilembensis

Length: 14 meters 

Weight: 6.8 tons

Era: Mid Cretacious south America

4. Carcharodontosaurus Saharicus

Length: 14 meters

Weight: 7.25 tons

Era: Mid cretacious Africa

3. Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus 

Length: 15 meters

Weight: 7.5 tons

Era: Mid Cretacious Africa

2. Giganotosaurus Carolinii

Length: 14 meters

Weight: 7.7 tons

Era: Mid Cretacious South America

1. Tyrannosaurus Rex

Length: 13 meters

Weight: 8 tons

Era: Late Cretacious North America

 

 

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Great list! My only issue is that T. rex's size average is now closer to 13.5-14 meters. And I do believe that Spinosaurus should replace Oxalaia. But great list!

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thanks, and are your rex sizes based off C-Rex and F-Rex?

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Also a couple of UCMP specimens. And a skull that hasn't been described yet, that my boss and close friend (a paleontologist) is working on currently. The skull is over 6 ft long!

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I forgot to mention Delta's size is a little high, maybe 30-35 ft on average and it was much more lightweight than stated there

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Also ignore the post about spino, just saw it lol

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for the originally described deltadromeus, yeah it's a bit large. The Theropod they're deeming Bahariasaurus is a larger, seemingly Synonymous animal. Also appears more massive

P.S. Sorry about that, i forgot to include a spino pic with it..

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Bahariasaurus was proven to be a different animal based on skull and some basic body shape differences. But it was still large, just not that large. :) And thats ok Lol

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You should read my new classic fight!

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oh, i'll change that then...i didn't find anything on that :P and will do!

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Good list. I agree with it overall. Especially the top 4 ;)

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The big 4 are the easiest....really becomes a matter of opinion for 10-5

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Yeah, lol

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And I would change the average for Rex too, btw

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never XD curious..what's your average rex size?

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My average size is 45-55 ft in length with 60 ft as its max. This is because of a recent increase in size off of old specimens and many new, larger specimens.

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the thing where they add a meter because of vertabrate spacing? which new specimens?

 

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No. Recent sizes put on T. rex specimens that were compared to other theropods. Apparently, the entire body is commonly posed squashed. T. rex would still be just as robust, just longer and larger. As for new specimens:     F. rex 

C. rex

UCMP 118742

UCMP 13785

The undescribed specimen I mentioned, among others...

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C. Rex and F. Rex are very fragmentary. UCMP 118742 is an interesting animal indeed, being estimated at 13 meters(45 feet) at 16 years old, suggesting at 15 or 16 meter rexes.

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C. rex actually has now been completely described and it actually had a partial skull found with it. Ucmp is 14 meters, but yeah very interesting! How about UCMP 13758? A 15-16 meter rex found with the back of a skull vertebrae and toe. But the 6 ft skull specimen thats undescribed that my boss (paleontologist) is working on is a game changer. :)

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first i've heard of the 6 foot skull! i would say definite game changer... are they completely sure its a Rex?

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